#v

My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country. ↗

— Charles Tupper

#been #calculated #country #desire #getting

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#almighty god #comes #down #equal #every

...have you been waiting all this time, faithful as always, my Life?... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #faith

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

#book #forever #friends #good #good book

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory? ↗

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

#memory #repeat #rote #volumes #wisdom

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#shoot #women

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#fate #firmness #having #love #make

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#indecisive #invented #people #tomorrow #word

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#bloom #fade #feel #full #know

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#been #child #discourage #environment #kids